Fauna Shell

Fauna CLI is Fauna's official command line for querying databases, managing database and schema state, creating exports, and working against a local Fauna container. It gives shell access to both day-to-day FQL work and admin flows that would otherwise go through the dashboard or HTTP APIs.

• Run FQL from inline strings, files, stdin, or an interactive REPL, and write results to stdout or files.
• Create, list, and delete databases, then pull, diff, push, commit, or abandon .fsl schema changes from local directories.
• Create, inspect, and wait on export jobs to S3, and start a local Fauna container with an optional database and schema.

• Real structured output exists: query supports --json and --format json, while database and export commands also emit JSON on supported subcommands.
• Most operations are regular flags-and-stdout commands, with file and stdin support that fits inspect, change, and verify loops.
• Authentication and some schema flows are less hands-off: fauna login is browser-based by default, and schema push or schema commit prompt unless run with --no-input.

• The project is branded as "Fauna CLI" in the README, while fauna-shell is the package and repo name; the current directory entry uses the older naming.
• Output formats are uneven across subcommands, with some admin and schema flows defaulting to YAML, TSV, or human-readable diffs rather than JSON.